Sphincterochila Explained

Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.^[1]

Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.

Species in the genus Sphincterochila are arid-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).

Species

Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:

• Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854)^[2]
• † Sphincterochila baumbergeri (Wenz, 1936)
• Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)^[3]
• Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1801) – shell description
• Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833)
• Sphincterochila chionudiscus (Boettger, 1874)
• Sphincterochila cyrenaica Sturany, 1908
  • Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata Pallary, 1910
• Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)
• Sphincterochila illicita (Mousson, 1874)
• Sphincterochila insularis (Boettger, 1894)
• † Sphincterochila jodoti Rey, 1974
• Sphincterochila maroccana Pallary, 1917
  • Sphincterochila maroccana conica Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana depressa Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana major Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana minor Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana tananensis Pallary, 1917
• Sphincterochila mixta Kaltenbach, 1950
• Sphincterochila pagodula (Rutland, 1878)
  • Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata (Ruttland, 1878)
• Sphincterochila pardoi Llabador, 1950
• Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
• Sphincterochila tunetana (Pfeiffer, 1850)
• Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)

Synonyms:

• Sphincterochila aharonii (Kobelt, 1913):^[4] synonym of Leucochroa aharonii Kobelt, 1913 (taxon inquirendum)
• Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847) – type species: synonym of Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)
• Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917: synonym of Albea mayrani var. corrugata Pallary, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
• Sphincterochila debeauxi (Kobelt, 1881): synonym of Leucochroa debeauxi Kobelt, 1881 (taxon inquirendum)
• Sphincterochila marteli (Pallary, 1918): synonym of Albea marteli Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirendum)
• Sphincterochila mayrani (Gassies, 1856): synonym of Albea mayrani (Gassies, 1856) (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sphincterochila mayrani turrita (Gassies, 1856)
• Sphincterochila roumensiana (Pallary, 1911): synonym of Albea roumensiana Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirednum)

Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species:

External links

• 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02549.x. Resistance to desiccation and distribution patterns in the land snailSphincterochila. 1989. Shoshana Goldenberg. Z. Arad. Heller. J.. Journal of Zoology. 218. 3. 353. .
• 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199803)235:3<249::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-1. Regulation of spiral coiling in the terrestrial gastropod Sphincterochila: An experimental test of the road-holding model. 1998. Checa. Antonio G.. Jiménez-Jiménez. Antonio P.. Rivas. Pascual. Journal of Morphology. 235. 3. 249–257. 29852723 . 18751120 . .
• 10.1007/s12192-009-0150-9. 3082649. Heat shock proteins and resistance to desiccation in congeneric land snails. 2009. Mizrahi. Tal. Heller. Joseph. Goldenberg. Shoshana. Arad. Zeev. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 15. 4. 351–63. 19953352. .
• http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=678

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996739 on 2020-12-05
2. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=325 Species in genus Sphincterochila
3. Abbes I., Nouira S. & Neubert E. (2011). "Sphincterochilidae from Tunisia, with a note on the subgenus Rima Pallary, 1910 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". ZooKeys 151: 1–15. .
4. http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/thumbpage.asp?prov=&family=SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE&cod=5087 SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE